Sentences with phrase «resilient wheat varieties»

Funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the UK's Department for International Development (DFID) under UK aid, the DGGW project aims to strengthen the delivery pipeline for new, disease resistant, climate - resilient wheat varieties and to increase the yields of smallholder wheat farmers.

«Developing climate - resilient wheat varieties.»

Increases in climate variability have placed new emphasis on the need for resilient wheat varieties.

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Implementation of breeding for increased wheat fructans will likely result in the development of climate - resilient varieties with increased nutritional value.

Therefore, the identification of potential breeding targets to create climate - resilient, nutritionally improved wheat varieties is of particular interest.

Given wheat's importance in the global diet — providing approximately 20 percent of the world's calories — a resilient variety is essential.

At a recent meeting, 30 scientists from the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) and Rothamsted Research, a UK - based independent science institute, agreed to pool expertise in research to develop higher - yielding, more disease resistant and nutritious wheat varieties for use in more productive, climate - resilient farming sysWheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) and Rothamsted Research, a UK - based independent science institute, agreed to pool expertise in research to develop higher - yielding, more disease resistant and nutritious wheat varieties for use in more productive, climate - resilient farming syswheat varieties for use in more productive, climate - resilient farming systems.